CONSPIRACY: Theresa Allore
When Theresa Allore vanishes from her college campus in Quebec, Canada, in 1978, local police dismiss her as runaway and force her family to start their own investigation that would span across 45 years. Over the decades, they piece together evidence and uncover an array of conspiracies from a potential serial killer on the prowl to the possibility of corrupt law enforcement.
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A newspaper clipping informing the public that a body had been found near Compton and it is believed to be Theresa Allore.
A composite sketch based on a description of a man who tried to abduct a woman in Sherbrooke around 1981.
Photo Source: Wish You Were Here by John Allore and Patricia Pearson
Murderer, Luc Grégoire, who is suspected to have been involved in several other killings.
Photo Source: Wish You Were Here by John Allore and Patricia Pearson
Theresa’s brother, John Allore, alongside his and Patricia Pearson’s book, Wish You Were Here.
Episode Information:
You can visit TheresaAllore.com to learn more about John Allore’s investigation into his sister’s death and it is also where you can find Johns podcast, Who Killed Theresa and his book, Wish You Were Here.
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Episode Source Material
- Wish You Were Here, by John Allore and Patricia Pearson.
- La Tribune (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada): Jeune fille disparue.
- The Sherbrooke Record (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada): Allore search hits dead end, by Anna Fudakowska.
- The Sherbrooke Record (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada): Allore search continues, by ME.
- The Sherbrooke Record (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada): Champlain Coed Believed Found, by JD.
- The Sherbrooke Record (Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada): Dad identifies dead co-ed, by BP.
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Who Killed Theresa?, by Patricia Pearson.
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Police ponder new probe into unsolved deaths, by Michael Friscolanti.
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): Quebec police renew murder investigations, by Odile Nelson.
- The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): Murder case stays on hold, by Sidhartha Banerjee.
- The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): Girl’s death in ’79 gets second look.
- The Gazette (Montreal, Quebec, Canada): Don’t Shred old police files by John Allore.
- National Post (Toronto, Ontario, Canada): 25 years later, police say teen murdered, by Graeme Hamilton.
- Canadian Broadcasting Company (Ottawa, Canada): Who killed Theresa Allore? SQ reopens investigation into 1978 cold case, by Joanna Bayly.
- (Canadian Broadcasting Company (Ottawa, Canada): Quebec cold cases: Families of 8 dead women call for public inquiry, by Joanne Bayly.
- Times News Network (USA): Brother of Theresa Allore spends decades investigating her murder and exposes sexual serial killer, by Daniel Morie.
- TheresaAllore.com: Theresa Allore – Case update #1, by John Allore.
- TheresaAllore.com: Theresa Allore = Gerald + Regis Lachance, by John Allore.
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